SUPPLY CHAIN ARTICLES
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A "Hot Take" on Personalized mRNA Medicines
mRNA’s small-scale and cell-free production are often-touted benefits in the personalized medicines sphere. But as I reviewed my notes from the BioPhorum ATMP member event, I found myself coming face to face with a difficult truth.
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“To Thine Own [mRNA Product] Be True:” Shakespeare's Guide To RNA GMP Principles
In the following article, I offer some of the biggest tips and tricks experts offered during a panel discussion on the challenges of navigating GMP principles in the RNA space today — with a little bit of help from Shakespeare himself.
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Multidisciplinary mRNA: What Can We Learn From Other CGTs?
Overall, there are four high-level best practices/mindsets I proposed during a recent presentation that I believe will be crucial for us to bring some talented RNA therapeutic role models to the forefront. But there is one best practice that I think is worth emphasizing more than the others.
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Biomanufacturing Capacity Crunch: It's The Supply Chain's Fault
What's behind the protracted biopharma manufacturing capacity crunch, when will it end, and what are manufacturers doing to keep supply on track? During Biotech Week in Boston ad BioProcess International, CDMOs and sponsors weighed in.
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Cultivating A Thriving mRNA Ecosystem: Key Initiatives & Future Directions
Overall, I felt that the following initiatives/talking points were demonstrative of the types of creativity and symbiosis that we will need much more of in the near and long-term to foster a healthy and fruitful RNA ecosystem.
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Beyond The Gold Standard(s): Modernizing Oligonucleotide Synthesis
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to sit down with OPT Congress speaker Phil Baran, Richard Lerner Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research. Baran was slated to (and did) present a keynote on the innovations shaping the next generation of oligo synthesis. Here, I share the biggest takeaways I had from our conversation, touching on how he sees the science of oligo chemistry and manufacturing advancing in the near and far future.
ARTICLES, APP NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & WHITE PAPERS
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Transparent collaboration and innovation are essential to establishing an infrastructure that supports more agile business models and empowers widespread vaccine access.
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Explore the past, present, and future of supply chain security, ways the biopharma industry can secure supply chains and minimize risks, and more.
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Precise enzyme selection in IVT reduces dsRNA byproducts and boosts capping efficiency. This ensures high-quality mRNA production while easing the burden of complex downstream purification processes.
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Widespread application of pDNA in gene therapy is driving increased demand and as a response, plasmid manufacturing must become more efficient with improved productivity. Intensification of chromatographic steps can help address this demand and has led to an exploration of the use of convective media (monoliths, membranes, fibre based technologies).
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Learn how optimized RNA polymerases enhance mRNA therapeutic quality and transcript integrity by increasing yield and capping efficiency while reducing double-stranded RNA impurities.
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Learn about the common challenges and risks associated with accelerating your molecule's timeline from lab to clinic, along with important supply chain considerations for emerging biopharma companies.
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GMP-Source, which is a term we coined, serves the purpose as a highly qualified raw material for a generation of virus, messenger RNA template, and transgenic expression of proteins.